Do young kids still read comic books?

Do young kids still read comic books? Yes.

Are new comic books still being made? – Yes

Do you read comic books? – Not much. I’ve seen some of the newer ones. Some friends have also sent me some digital archives of old comics, which I might study at some point if I ever get around to them.

The old style are still more or less being made, but since at least the 1980s, there have also been many more grown-up comics often called “graphic novels”, too, and various other formats that put much more work into them than most older comics did.

Comics have also blurred more than before with animated and live-action films and TV, and of course the big-budget comic-based films (and the comic-book-like other films that have come with them). Also some companies produce some comic books to go along with their films.

For instance, Disney bought Star Wars, made stupider-than-comic-book sequel films, and then also make comic books that go along with them and extend their stories.

Related links FYI:
https://childhood101.com/best-kids-comic-books/
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/
https://westfieldcomics.com/
https://www.epubor.com/10-best-sites-for-free-comic-books.html

@Zaku Thanks. Looks like there’s still a huge comic book industry. I had no idea how it has evolved over the the years.

Paper comics (floppies) are still published weekly by a variety of publishers (Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse, and more). Beyond super heroes, there is a wide variety of genres for all ages.

Children do still read them but the overall readership of comics has shrunk drastically over the years. In the 60s-90s, an issue of a comic could sell 500,000 to a million copies. Today, a huge hit for a popular title would sell about 300,000 copies.

Art, storytelling, and even paper quality have all modernized, but there is just too much competition for young people’s attention from television, video games, and social media.

The fact that paper floppies are almost only available from comic book stores (the direct market), as opposed to any supermarket or pharmacy (like they used to be), does T help with visibility and sales either.

What does still sell well are graphic novels (thicker, nicely bound comics). Both collected editions (multiple floppies bound together) or original graphic novels (OGNs) do very well for bookstores and Amazon.

Many dedicated weekly readers have also switched to digital comics as the “floppies” are now available through Comixology supported apps on your tablet, computer, or phone. Even so, those reader knows don’t bump the overall readership up too much.

Young and old it seems. I’ve never understood it. I cannot stand to read anything via captions. No one in my entire family has ever read them as far as I know but I do know guys and their boys who read them. I know of no women or girls who do. My husband used to love to read the comics in the Sunday paper. I didn’t.

Yes. I sent my French grandsons some American comic books and they loved them and want more. The ones they liked were “Teen Titans”, “Scooby Doo” and “He-Man.”

I got them at the comic book store that is owned by Kevin Smith of Jay and Silent Bob fame.

@SnipSnip: As of 2019, about 25% of comic readers in the US were female.

In Japan, where Manga is huge, the split is closer to 60% female.

I know when my kids were growing up they didn’t read comic books but mangas and so did many of their friends. Mangas are basically comic books but with longer storylines and often the size of a book with 50 or more pages. They both usually feature a hero but it’s still graphic pictures. Comic books don’t always follow a storyline after each feature. They often are more like mini-stories. Mangas can go on for years with no real end in sight. LOL
I can’t say I’ve seen or known of anyone who still reads comic but I know a lot of manga readers.